GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING (2003) - ♦♦♦♦

Directed by - Peter Webber

Written by - Olivia Hetreed (based on a novel by Tracy Chevalier)

Starring - Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson

"A drama about the famous Dutch painter VERMEER and the servant girl that inspired one of his most famous titular paintings, a relationship which was frowned upon by his patrons and parents in law. 

PETER WEBBER's film is composed by sensuous and sophisticated imagery, accordingly detatched to depict VERMEER as a man of mystique and great talent. GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING was a Tracy Cavalier novel by the same name, and the screenplay by OLIVIA HETREED is profound because it is mostly dictated by its silences, and what remains unsaid within its narrative that amplifies the strength of the pivotal platonic and impossible relationship. 

The fragile nature of this relationship works also thanks to the fine performances by COLIN FIRTH and SCARLETT JOHANSSON, which is testified by what they can achieve through their restrained and quiet performances."

Period Drama, UK/Luxembourg